Device for holding cows&#39; tails.



W. S. SMITH.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING COWS TAILS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1913 1,089,508. I Patented Mar.10,1914.

' for Holding WILLIAM s. SMITH, or IMLAY cITY, mcmean.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING COWS TAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar.

Application filed'J'une 12. 1913. Serial No. 773,304.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. SMITH, citizen of the United States, residing at Imlay City, in the county of La eer and State of Michigan, have invente certain new and useful Improvements in Devices Cows Tails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, am exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had v to the accompanying drawings, and tothev letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvementsv in devices'for holding cows tails while theanimal is bein milked and the device removed.

comprises a simple and efli'cient device of this nature having various details of construction which Wlll be hereinafter-fully de' scribed, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate-my invention in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a perspective View showing the application-of my invention to the leg of a cow and "holding the tail from switching. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of being had to the details of letter, A designates a piece Reference now the drawings by of flat resilient metal, curved preferably as "shown, and is adapted to grip about and frictionally engage the leg of a cow. A resilient band, designated by letter B, is fastened to the metallic strip A by rivets or other suitable means and is made so as to yield to allow the same to grip the tail of a cow. One end of the band B is bent to form a compound curve as at D and its end E for convenience of 0nd and somewhat similarly shaped strip F part shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, while'an end of the band B may be position also shown in dotted lines and affording means whereby the leg and tail may be engaged by the strips when the handle ends are released the tail being held. in the manner shown in l ig. 1 of the drawings.

What I claim to be new is F terminates at one advertising matter may appear, if deof the leg clamping strip A to assume the position A device for holding cows tails, the same comprising a resilient metallic strip bent upon itself, its free ends being curved to embrace the leg of a cow, a metallic strip bent upon itself and riveted to the first named strip, the said band being bent to form a loop to engage the tail of a cow,'one end of said riveted band being curved outwardly and serving, in conjunction with a like curved band attached-to the first mentioned loop, to form a handle upon one side of the device and adapted to engage or disengage the device by the resiliency of the band forming the loops, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

1 WILLIAM S. SMITH.

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